Review
'A throughly gripping read' Scotland on Sunday (Idle Hands); 'A most satisfying and chilling read' Irish Times (Idle Hands); 'Lindsay is a profoundly serious writer using the conventions of the mystery novel to approach "the dangerous edge of things" Allan Massie, Scotsman (Idle Hands); 'The ability to create believable heroes out of policemen is rare, and Lindsay's Detective Inspector Jim Meldrum is both credible and endearing' The Sunday Tijmes (A Kind of Dying); 'Intelligent, entertaining, gripping and well-written' Ian Rankin, Scotland on Sunday (Kissing Judas); 'An intriguing and intelligent thriller' Sunday Telegraph on Death Knock; 'An entertaining read, to be savoured for its wry, literate dialogue and compelling noirish atmosphere' The List on Death Knock
Product Description
Following a fraught dinner with his ex-wife and daughter, DI Jim Meldrum escapes early to drown the experience. Next morning, he wakes in a bedroom in the Hamilton, one of the smartest hotels in Edinburgh, with aching ribs, bruised knuckles and no idea how he got there. A strange woman comes out of the bathroom, gets dressed and leaves, without explaining who she is or how they came to share a bed. Later that day, the body of a man beaten to death is discovered in the hotel room next to the one in which Meldrum woke up. The victim is identified as James Philipson, owner of an exclusive escort agency of high class call girls. While Meldrum investigates the agency's client list, he is also privately searching for the woman in the hotel bedroom. Tormented by doubts about what may have happened during the hours he can't remember on the night of the murder, Meldrum conducts his search for the truth with